Oxytocin gives dogs a bonding boost: Experiment 1

Описание: Dogs and people gazing into each other’s eyes give each other a bond-strengthening rush of oxytocin, researchers report in a new study. When keeping company in an unfamiliar room for half an hour, the dogs and owners who communed in long gazes (one example shown) both experienced oxytocin surges in the first of two experiments.

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Footage from experiment 2: http://ow.ly/LHNa0

Video credit: Miho Nagasawa